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2010-03-30

Yom HaShoah is approaching and many will gather to remember the victims.
Between them, there will be some survivors - each year less and less.
 
The blurred lines of a serial number on a forearm are the image of the
Holocaust. The tattoos of the survivors symbolize the brutality of the
concentration camps. There is no official document that identifies the
people who were subjected to having these numbers tattooed on their arms.
 
Gabriella Y. Karin, a sculptor and Holocaust survivor (and my aunt), began
the "Auschwitz tattoo numbers photography" project to create a visual
catalogue that identifies the survivors of Auschwitz.
 
With this project, we are trying to make a visual documentation of this
barbaric happening. Please help us assemble information about as many people
as we can reach.
 
1) We need a photograph of the person showing their tattoo
2) Photo of the forearm with the number plus a close-up of the number
3) Full name (including maiden name if applicable), city and country where
the person lives
4) The tattoo number written clearly
 
Please contact:
Gabriella Y. Karin
c/o Los Angeles Museum of Holocaust
6435 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048
Telephone:
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